Photo Essay: Gang violence and hunger in Haiti - in pictures

  • People displaced by gang war violence live inside a classroom at Darius Denis school, which has transformed into a shelter. All photos: Reuters
    People displaced by gang war violence live inside a classroom at Darius Denis school, which has transformed into a shelter. All photos: Reuters
  • Celimaine Heixil, 29, holds her daughter, both displaced by gang war violence, at Darius Denis school. Nearly half of the country’s population is struggling to feed themselves due to the conflict, unable to work, the families depend on food rations and hygiene kits brought in by non-governmental organisations
    Celimaine Heixil, 29, holds her daughter, both displaced by gang war violence, at Darius Denis school. Nearly half of the country’s population is struggling to feed themselves due to the conflict, unable to work, the families depend on food rations and hygiene kits brought in by non-governmental organisations
  • People follow armed gang members in a march organised by former police officer Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, leader of an alliance of armed groups, in the Delmas neighbourhood
    People follow armed gang members in a march organised by former police officer Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, leader of an alliance of armed groups, in the Delmas neighbourhood
  • A boy carries food distributed by a community action centre, with the assistance of the United Nations World Food Programme, for gang war refugees at Jeunes Filles high school
    A boy carries food distributed by a community action centre, with the assistance of the United Nations World Food Programme, for gang war refugees at Jeunes Filles high school
  • People displaced by gang war violence eat food distributed by a community action centre
    People displaced by gang war violence eat food distributed by a community action centre
  • Mirriam Auge, 45, washes clothes at Darius Denis school
    Mirriam Auge, 45, washes clothes at Darius Denis school
  • Enoc Jean Batis, left, 28, and his wife Celimaine Heixil, 29, cook as she holds their daughter at Darius Denis school
    Enoc Jean Batis, left, 28, and his wife Celimaine Heixil, 29, cook as she holds their daughter at Darius Denis school
  • A woman displaced by gang war violence hangs clothes
    A woman displaced by gang war violence hangs clothes
  • Children displaced by gang war violence play football at Argentine Bellegarde National School
    Children displaced by gang war violence play football at Argentine Bellegarde National School
  • A child pretends to feed the head of a broken doll at Argentine Bellegarde National School
    A child pretends to feed the head of a broken doll at Argentine Bellegarde National School